Cardinals

The boys LOVE to stay in hotels.  Up until our weekend in STL, their favorite was the Opryland Hotel in Nashville.  I believe our STL hotel might take the cake now though.  The view from our hotel really was quite exceptional.

We started out the game with everyone occupying their own seats, intently watching the game.  Check out those cushioned seats!!

Riley loved being the audience!

The view from our seats...not to shabby!

Then, in about the fifth inning this happened.  
Note: The couple sitting to my left were super friendly.  I heard their life story if you are ever interested.  

Cotton Candy saved the day though!!

My new friends insisted we needed a family photo..really glad she insisted too!

After the 7th inning, we decided to pack it up and head back because it was already after 9:00 pm and we were all slowly falling apart. We were safely tucked into our room to watch the 9th inning and the fireworks as the Cardinals won.  Actually we watched the fireworks twice...once live out the window and a few seconds later on TV!  

Riley woke us up the next morning with his chattering out the window to the trains, boats and vehicles.  

To cap off the weekend, FredBird seated us at breakfast.  Riley was attempting to melt into the floor with fear.

The only negative thing I have to say about the whole weekend is that we are now spoiled...I may never be able to go back to Busch Stadium unless I have a seat with a built in cushion and an exceptional view of home plate?  I swear our seats were a little wider than the standard seat too.  

St. Louis Arch

A few weekends ago, we took the boys to St. Louis for an overnight.  We had never taken them to the arch or to the river front, so off we went.  We checked out the museum underneath the arch but were not brave enough to take them up into the arch this trip.  We could picture two little boys screaming about half way up!  The river was full of activity with helicopters zipping around and tug boats moving some barges around.  I think the boys could have sat on the steps and watched the activity most of the evening.  But we had tickets to the Cardinals game so off we went...

An evening with The Bible's

Saturday evening, we spent the evening at Kuhl's Kozy Kampground with Kurt's grandparents.  Even with the excessive heat, the boys still fished, took golf-cart rides and played their own version of baseball with fly spatters and a wiffle ball!  The highlight of their evening might have been taking a bath in the camper though.  They really wanted to sleep over, but we weren't quite prepared for that this trip.  Maybe next time?